Deacon Notes: Linebackers provide bright spot for Deacons

Wake Forest linebacker DJ Taylor, right, catches the ball during a practice last fall. Taylor is one of the linebackers who has been a bright spot in spring practice this season.

Allison Lee Isley/Journal The kicker position still gives Coach Dave Clawson cause for concern, with Wake Forest now two practices and a spring game away from finishing its spring football session.

But at linebacker, the Deacons’ other pressing concern, there are reasons for optimism.

“That unit … I think they understand the defense better, they’re playing faster, starting to make plays,” Clawson said Monday morning after Wake Forest finished its 12th spring football practice. “The arrow is definitely up with that…